Hog oiler



E. R. CLEMENTS HOG OILER Filed June 22, 1926 2e i 222)) July 19,1927.

gvmntoz l lmenis Patented July 19, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,636,624 vpnr zn'r OFFICE.

ELMER R. CLEMENTS, OF RIVERTON, NEBRASKA.

HOG OILER.

Application filed June 22, 1926. Serial No. 117,816

fixed, and the wall of the oscillatory body so that as the hog presses against the body, the wick would be compressed and causes oil to be forced out upon the exterior surface of the body.

The general object of the present invention is to provide a structure generally that previously disclosed butin which provision is made for allowing oil to flow down onto the supporting base of the oiler so that small pigs can also become oiled.

A further object is to provide improved means for supporting the oiling device proper and the reservoir and still another object is to provide means permitting this reservoir to be easily filled without any loss of oil and without flooding the oiler.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View through a hog oiler constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 1s a section on the line 2-2 of F 1gure 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of the casing. 1

Referring to these drawings 10 designates a base which may be of any suitable material and of any desired form but which is illustrated as having a central socket 11 and a set screw 12. This base is mounted-upon a supporting platform 13.

Disposed within the socket 11 in thebase and held in place by the set screw 12 is an upwardly extending tubular support 14: which may be conveniently made of ordinary metal pipe and to the upper end of this support 14: is attached the .oil tank 15 which may be of any suitable capacity. The bottom of this oil tank has extending downward from it an annular flange or collar 16 concentric to the pipe 141 and extending from the interior of the oil tank is a'small tube -or nipple 17 which is disposed close to this collar 16.

Loosely surrounding the lower end of the pipe 14 and resting loosely uponthe upper end of the base 10 immediately around "the socket 11, is a conical or upwardly flaring casing 18 which, when the pipe 14 is disposed within its socket, vextends nearly up to the bottom of the container or tank 15. This casing at its upper end is formed with a plurality of perforations 19 or other aper tures through which oil may pass onto the exterior of the casing,'and the lower por-' tion of the casing is preferably roughened as by forming this lower portion with a large number of protuberances 20. 'The roughening of this casing may be also securedby attaching thereto wire netting, as illustrated in my prior patent.

Within the upper portion of the casing there is formed a transversely extending annular floor or bottom 21 which at its center carries the upwardly extending sleeve 22, whose upper edgemay be notched or otherwise a'pertured for the passage of oil. This sleeve loosely surrounds thetubular support 14 and this sleeve is disposed between the tube-14 and the collar 16.

Disposed around the collar 16 and, therefore, between this collar and the casing, is

a layer of felt or other fibrous absorbent.

material 23 which I will hereafter term a wicking, and disposed between the outer face of the sleeve 22 and-the inner face of the collar 16 is a wick 24 of like character. This wick is of such character that when squeezed it will exude oil. r v

The tank 15, as before stated, may be made in any suitable manner and size and is pro- I V vided with a top 25 having a filling opening normally closed by a cap 26 and having an aperture for the stem 27 of a valve 28. This valve may rest upon the seat 29 at the upper end of the nipple 17 and in this case, of course, cuts off communication between the interior of the tank 15 and the oil chamber formed in the upper portion of the casing 18. When the device is in use, however, this valve is raised by means of a nut 29 having screw-threaded engagement with the valve rod 27. When it is desired to fill this container, the nut 29 is turned up to permit the descent of the valve onto its seat. Then the cap26is removed and the tank filled. When the tank is filled the valve 28 is again lifted to permit oil to pass into the oil receiving space in the upper portion of the casing 18.

In the use of this device, it will be seen that when the hog rubs himself against the casing 18, the sleeve 22 will be forced laterally, thus compressing the wicks 23 and 24.

This will cause the oil on the wick 23 to spurt base onto the platform 13, so that these parts are coated with oil and small pigs who cannot operate the large oiler will collect oil from the platform.

I do not wish to be limited to the particular form of tank shown as any ordinary vacuum feed tank might be used of the same character as is used on oil stoves. Obviously, also other details of construction might be changed without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims. 7

It is entirely possible to use an outer casing which is cylindrical instead. of conical but which is rockingly mounted upon the base in the same manner as the casing 18. I wish it understood that, as specifically defined, the casing may be of any desired form. I prefer the conicalcasing, however, for the reason that it overhangs the hog and as a consequence oil spurts out of the openings 19 upon the back of the hog whenever the casing is forced in with sufiicient pressure. The feed of oil through the openings 19 will depend upon the height of the oil within the chamber formed in the upper end of the casing and this in turn will depend upon the height to which the tank 15 is adjusted. Thus if it be desired to raise the level of the oil in the tank, the central support 14 is raised within the base and held in its adjusted position-by the set screw 12 or if it be desired to lower the depth of the oil, the support 14 is lowered. The nearer the oil is to the holes 19, the quicker the feed and the greater the amount of wicking disposed on each side of the plate 16, the less movement the casing 18 will have and, therefore, the less the oil will spurt out. If the wicking isveryloose, the casing 18 can have considerable movement before the wicking is compressed and, therefore, the oil will spurt. If, on the other hand, there is considerable wicking on opposite sides of the collar16 there will be less movement of the casing a less spurting of the oil through the openings 19 and the oil will tendto ooze out.

I claim 1. A hog o1ler comprising a base having latably mounted in connection therewith,

the casing having an oil receiving space in its upper end and receiving oil from the tank, and means for causing the discharge of oil from said space onto the exterior of the casing when the casing is oscillated.

2. A hog oiler of the character described comprising a base, a support extending up ward therefrom, an oil tank mounted upon the upper end of the support, a casing surrounding the support and oscillatable with reference thereto, the casing at its upper end being formed to provide an oil receiving. space, awick disposed on the inside face of the wall of the oil receiving space, and a member carried by the tank and extending down into said oil receiving space on the inside of the wick, and means for discharging oil from the tank into said space. I 1

'3. A hog oiler comprising a base, a support extending upward from the base, a tank mounted upon the upper end of the support, a casing concentrically disposed around the support and oscillatably mounted upon the base and support, said casing at its upper end being formed to provide an annular oil receiving chamber having an inner wall concentric to the support, an annular member mounted upon the tank andextending downward into said space between the inner and outer walls thereof, and wicking dismember.

4. A hog oiler comprising an oil tank,a

casing disposed below the oil tank and mounted for oscillation in any direction in a plane extending through the axis of the casing, the upper end of the casing being formed to provide an annular oil receiving chamber having an inner wall and an outer wall, a member extending downward from the bottom of the tank through the center of the casing, means connecting the tank to the chamber, a collar extending downward from the-tank into the space between the outer and inner walls of said chamber, and wicking disposed between said collar and the outer and inner Walls, the wicking being adapted to be compressed by an oscillation of the casing to thereby cause oil to be exuded onto the outer face of the casing and the outer face of said concentrically dis.- posed member.

5. In a hog oiler, a base, an upwardly extending support, an oil tank mounted upon the upper end of said support, an upwardly flaring conical casing.surrounding the sup port below said tank and having rocking movement in alldirections upon thesupport and the base, the upper end of said casing being formed to provide an annular oil chamber having an inner wall and an outer wall, both of said walls being apertured, an annular collar attached to the bottom of the tank and extending downward into said chamber between said outer and inner walls, wicking disposed between said collar and the inner and outer walls, and means connecting the tank with said chamber.

6. In an oiler of the character described, a base, a casing movably mounted on the base and having an upper open end and having an oil receiving chamber at said upper end, a tank supported above the casing and having a discharge pipe extending into the chamber, means whereby the tank may be raised or lowered relative to the casing to thereby control the height of oil within the casing and means causing the discharge of oil from said oil receiving chamber upon the exterior of the casing as it is moved.

7. In an oiler of the character described, a casing having an open upper end and having an oil receiving chamber in its upper end, a central supporting member extending vertically through the casing, a base upon which the member is mounted for vertical adjustment independently of the casing, and a tank supported upon the supporting member above the casing and having a discharge pipe extending into the chamber, the vertical adjustment of the central member acting to raise or lower the tank to thereby control the height of oil Within said chamber.

8. A hog oiler comprising a base having an upstanding support, a tank mounted upon the upper end of the support, the tank being vertically adjustable relative to the base, a casing disposed concentric to the support and oscillatably mounted in connection therewith and having an oil receiving space in its upper end, the tank having a nippleextending down into said space, and. Wicking disposed in said space.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

ELMER R. CLEMENTS. 

